“How MKO Abiola framed my father Fela for robbery and wanted him killed” – Seun Kuti

• Seun Kuti claims MKO Abiola and wife, Simbiat, framed Fela Kuti for armed robbery.
• Abiolas reportedly accused Fela of stealing their Ferrari at gunpoint during Buhari’s regime.
• The accusation came under Tunde Idiagbon’s regime, where armed robbery was punishable by death.
• Fela was reportedly performing in Cameroon at the time of the alleged robbery, proving his innocence.

Afrobeat artist Seun Kuti has accused the late MKO Abiola and his wife, Simbiat, of framing his father, Fela Kuti, for armed robbery during Muhammadu Buhari’s military regime.

According to Seun Kuti, the alleged conspiracy was part of a plan to have Fela executed under the regime’s harsh laws against armed robbery.

Seun Kuti detailed how the Abiolas fabricated a story, claiming that Fela and his associates had stolen Simbiat’s Ferrari at gunpoint.

This accusation came at a time when Buhari’s Deputy Head of State, Tunde Idiagbon, was enforcing strict laws that made armed robbery a capital offense, punishable by death.

In his words;

“Abiola and his wife, Simbiat, lied against Fela that he and his boys robbed her of her Ferrari at gunpoint under Idiagbon’s regime. This was Abiola and his wife’s plan to kill my dad because, under Idiagbon, armed robbery was punishable by death.

“Abiola and Simbiat wrote a statement at a police station that they saw Fela and his gang rob her at gunpoint. This led to Fela’s arrest which is punishable by death, but luckily for Fela, he was performing in Cameroon the very day Simbiat was lying about the theft. Fela escaped the case because he can’t be in two places at the same time; its either he’s on a stage in Cameroon or robbing in Lagos.

“Responding, Fela and my elder brother, Femi, took 12 buckets of faeces go and listen to his song – give me shit, I give you shit – then you will have a better understanding. They took it to Abiola’s house in the middle of the night and smeared his compound.

“The next day, the police visited my father’s house saying they came to investigate the shit-show in Abiola’s house the previous day. But Fela denied the act saying if given the opportunity, he would smear Abiola’s house with faeces.”